Bazine, KS is a small rural town with a population of just over 200 people. It has a mayor-council type of government which consists of an elected mayor and five council members. The mayor oversees the day-to-day operations of the city and works with the council to establish laws and policies that govern Bazine. The council meets on the first Tuesday of each month to discuss local issues ranging from budgets and taxation to infrastructure repairs and public safety initiatives. The town holds elections every two years for mayor and council members, but there are no current local political candidates running for office in 2021. Regardless, it is imperative that residents of Bazine take part in their civic responsibilities by voting whenever possible and staying informed about local issues.
The political climate in Bazine, KS is strongly conservative.
Ness County, KS is very conservative. In Ness County, KS 9.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 88.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ness county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 88.5% to 9.8%.
Ness county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bazine, KS is strongly conservative.
Ness County, Kansas is very conservative.
Kansas is somewhat conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Bazine, Kansas: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Bazine, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $160 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)